Brian Posehn is an American stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, musician, and writer.
31 Facts About Brian Posehn
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Brian Posehn is known for his roles as Jim Kuback on The WB's Mission Hill and Brian Spukowski on Comedy Central's The Sarah Silverman Program.
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Brian Posehn had a recurring role on The Big Bang Theory as geologist Bert Kibbler.
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Brian Posehn has done voice work for video games such as Halo 2, FusionFall, Brutal Legend, and Minecraft: Story Mode.
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Brian Posehn received nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards in 1998 and 1999 for Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program for his work on Mr Show with Bob and David, which he shared with the series' writing crew.
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Brian Posehn graduated from Sonoma Valley High School in 1984.
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Brian Posehn began with guest appearances and mainly small roles in TV shows.
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Brian Posehn was on 28 episodes of Mr Show with Bob and David, a sketch comedy series on HBO.
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Brian Posehn appeared as two different characters in NewsRadio: a fan with questions for Jimmy James at a book reading, and a member of Dave's a cappella group "Chock Full o' Notes".
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Brian Posehn's character was instructed to "act out" to a group of medical students how a surgeon left a sponge in him post surgery.
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Brian Posehn wrote the Space Ghost: Coast to Coast episode "Cahill" with Ben Karlin.
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Brian Posehn played the voice of Jim in Mission Hill on the WB, and Del Swanson in 3 South on MTV.
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Brian Posehn appeared in the 2005 pilot for The Showbiz Show with David Spade, in a segment called "The Nerd Perspective", in which he gave a scathing criticism of MTV and its declining quality.
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Brian Posehn was featured on the 2005 documentary series The Comedians of Comedy on Comedy Central and Showtime.
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Brian Posehn was in a 2007 episode of the improv series Thank God You're Here on NBC and was a celebrity judge on the revived 1970s game show The Gong Show with Dave Attell, on Comedy Central.
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From 2013 to 2019, Brian Posehn portrayed the recurring character Bert on The Big Bang Theory.
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Brian Posehn appeared as himself in the 2007 documentary Super High Me starring 'marijuana comedian' Doug Benson, the 2008 documentary Nerdcore Rising about MC Frontalot and in a supporting role in Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic.
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Brian Posehn voiced the character Hayashi in the English dub of Pom Poko.
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Brian Posehn performed as part of the Rock N' Roll Comedy set with Jim Norton and Michelle Buteau.
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In 2010, Brian Posehn released his second album Fart and Wiener Jokes.
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In 2011, Brian Posehn agreed to perform at the Gathering of the Juggalos.
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Brian Posehn countered that "getting a paycheck is metal", and expressed respect towards the Juggalo fan culture, as well as the independent music success of Insane Clown Posse and Psychopathic Records.
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In 2013, Brian Posehn released his third comedy album and first DVD, The Fartist, and in 2017 his fourth comedy album, Brian Posehn 25x2.
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Brian Posehn appeared in the Anthrax music videos for "What Doesn't Die" and "Blood Eagle Wings".
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Brian Posehn appeared in The Damned Things music video for "We've Got A Situation Here".
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Brian Posehn provided backing vocals for Evile's album Five Serpent's Teeth.
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In 2020, Brian Posehn released his first music-only album, Grandpa Metal, which featured guest appearances from Brendon Small of Dethklok, Scott Ian, Corey Taylor of Slipknot and Stone Sour, Weird Al Yankovic, Phil Demmel of Machine Head, Michael Starr of Steel Panther and others.
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Brian Posehn has voiced Grunts and various Marines in the 2004 video game Halo 2.
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Brian Posehn married Melanie Truhett in 2004 and has a son with her.
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Brian Posehn has been nominated for two Primetime Emmys and one DVDX Award.
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The television series' writing staff, including Posehn, received another nomination in the same category in 1999, which Posehn shared with Mike Stoyanov, Paul F Tompkins, Mike Upchurch, and past writing staff from the previous year.